James Morrison (British politician)
Major James Archibald Morrison DSO (18 September 1873 – 27 October 1934) was a British Conservative Party politician.
Morrison was the son of
Hugh Morrison was his elder brother and Lord Margadale
his nephew.
A rower and expert shot, Morrison became a
4th Middlesex Volunteer Rifle Corps on 15 May 1895.[2] He transferred to the Grenadier Guards on 5 February 1895,[3] and subsequently fought in the Second Boer War.[4]
He was elected as
Steward of the Manor of Northstead. In 1912 he was named as the co-respondent in a divorce case between Helena Woodley Morand and her husband, the actor M. R. Morand. Both Helena Morand and Morrison denied adultery but the case was found proved and M. R. Morand was awarded £5,500 in agreed damages against Captain Morrison.[6]
Morrison made major improvements to the Basildon estate, building new cottages and pumping stations to supply it with water. When the
First World War broke out, he returned to the Grenadier Guards. Harold Macmillan served as a lieutenant under his command. Badly wounded at the Battle of the Somme, he was invalided out of the Army and turned over Basildon Park for use as a Guards' convalescent home.[4] He was awarded the DSO in 1916.[7]
Morrison sold off the Basildon estate to Sir Edward Iliffe in 1929 and died in 1934.[4]
References
- ^ "No. 26232". The London Gazette. 11 December 1891. p. 6843.
- ^ "No. 46224". The London Gazette. 14 May 1895. p. 2779.
- ^ "No. 26706". The London Gazette. 4 February 1895. p. 646.
- ^ a b c "A brief history of Basildon, Berkshire". Retrieved 26 August 2008.
- ^ ISBN 0-900178-27-2.
- ^ England & Wales, Civil Divorce Records, 1858-1918 for Marcellus Raymond Morand, 1912: Ancestry.com (subscription required)
- ^ "No. 29608". The London Gazette. 2 June 1916. p. 5569.
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